For you are (A)the God in whom I take refuge;
    why have you (B)rejected me?
Why do I (C)go about mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?

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You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected(A) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(B)
    oppressed by the enemy?(C)

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I say to God, (A)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
(B)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”

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I say to God my Rock,(A)
    “Why have you forgotten(B) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(C)
    oppressed(D) by the enemy?”(E)

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The Lord is my strength and (A)my shield;
    in him my heart (B)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my (C)song I give thanks to him.

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The Lord is my strength(A) and my shield;
    my heart trusts(B) in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy,(C)
    and with my song I praise him.(D)

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The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, (A)be strong in the Lord and in (B)the strength of his might.

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The Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord(A) and in his mighty power.(B)

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31 but (A)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings (B)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

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31 but those who hope(A) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(B)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(C)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(D)

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14 (A)For the Lord will not forsake his (B)people;
    he will not abandon his (C)heritage;

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14 For the Lord will not reject his people;(A)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.

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But you have (A)rejected us and disgraced us
    and (B)have not gone out with our armies.

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But now you have rejected(A) and humbled us;(B)
    you no longer go out with our armies.(C)

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12 (A)I will make them strong in the Lord,
    and (B)they shall walk in his name,”
declares the Lord.

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12 I will strengthen(A) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(B)
declares the Lord.

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24 (A)“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
    are righteousness and (B)strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
    (C)all who were incensed against him.

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24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(A) and strength.(B)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(C)

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O Lord, my Lord, (A)the strength of my salvation,
    you have covered my head in the day of battle.

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Sovereign Lord,(A) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.

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“Will the Lord (A)spurn forever,
    and never again (B)be favorable?

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“Will the Lord reject forever?(A)
    Will he never show his favor(B) again?

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(A)Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
    forsake me not when my strength is spent.

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Do not cast(A) me away when I am old;(B)
    do not forsake(C) me when my strength is gone.

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David's Charge to Solomon

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

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“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.

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